Chapter 2: The One Who See Me

The next day I woke up, I don’t remember anything, but then the thought strikes me. I started to be panicked again, ‘Should I go to that room again?’ I thought about that a million times, it’s been so long that I don’t even know the feeling of being stared anymore.

After I made up my mind, I slowly opened the door and my eyes search for that boy. And then something moved at the corner of my eye.

“You! I knew I saw something!” the boy exclaimed, and I jumped in surprised. “How did you came? Were you sent by my father?” he asked, clearly annoyed. Until he realized something, “Y-you’re in the mirror!” now he looked as surprised as I am.

“ How did you see me?” I asked. “How can I know?!” he asked me back, he came closer to the mirror, his face was full of curiosity, his hand slowly touched the mirror, “What are you doing?” I asked, ”I’m just wondering if this is some kind of a trick, are you in another room or something?” he said casually.

“Of course not! If what you said is true, I would be very happy to get out of here!” I said, a bit offended. He sat on the floor, still staring at me, I started to sit too.

“So, how long had you trapped in that….mirror?” he seemed to picked his words carefully, or he’s just confused, I can’t tell. “I think it’s been about 4 years” I said, he seemed surprised. “So you live all by yourself in the past 4 years?” he asked again, ‘This boy is really curious’ I thought.

“Well, yes” I said, “Don’t you feel- lonely?” he spat out the word ‘lonely’ as it’s a disgusting thing. “I did feel lonely, that’s why I want to go out this place” I said hopefully, “Get to go outside doesn’t mean you won’t be lonely” I heard him mumbled, “Sorry?” I wanted to make sure I heard his words. “Nothing” he said with a straight face, if he’s offended with my word, he didn’t show it.

There’s an awkward silence between us for a few minutes, “So, I haven’t quite catch your name” I said, trying to break the silence. Another silence, ’Did I made him mad?’ I thought.

“Castiel” I heard him saying, “My name is Zoey!” I said, smiling. To my surprise, he smiled warmly, I’ve never seen him smile like that since he came in the house. And then suddenly he moved closer, making me jumped.

“I-is there something wrong?” I stammered. “You are just like her” he said, his eyes were distant and sparkling , and his mouth curved into a smile, as if remembering beautiful memories. “That girl must’ve been really nice to make you smile like that” I said, “ Yeah she was” his eyes suddenly full of sadness.

“Is she your girlfriend?” I teased him, but deep down I was confused on how to react on his sad expression. “Ugh…. Whatever” he said, rolling his eyes. I laughed, relieved that he seemed to forgot his sadness.

And from our conversation, I realized that I won’t feel alone anymore.

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